Letterbreckaun

#435 among destinations in Ireland

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Letterbreckaun is one of the Maumturk Mountains of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. At 677 metres, it is the second-tallest of the Maumturks, the 129th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and 159th–highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list. Letterbreckaun is in the middle sector of the long north-west to south-east spine of the Maumturks. ()

Elevation: 2188 ftProminence: 1056 ftCoordinates: 53°32'1"N, 9°43'27"W

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Letterbreckaun – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Leenaun Hill, Glendollagh Lough, Kylemore Lough, Benbaun.

2.8 miN
Mountain
Leenaun Hill, Leenane
73 min walk • Leenaun Hill at 618 metres, is the 201st–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 243rd–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.
4.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Glendollagh Lough, Recess
124 min walk • Glendollagh Lough, also known as Garrowman Lough, is a freshwater lake in the west of Ireland. It is located in the Connemara area of County Galway.
5.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Kylemore Lough
143 min walk • Kylemore Lough is a freshwater lake in the west of Ireland. It is located in the Connemara area of County Galway.
4.5 miW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Benbaun, Connemara National Park
115 min walk • Benbaun at 729 metres, is the 72nd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 88th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.
5.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lough Fee
138 min walk • Lough Fee is a freshwater lake in the west of Ireland. It is located in the Connemara area of County Galway.
3.5 miS
Mountain
Lissoughter, Recess
89 min walk • Lissoughter at 401 metres, does not qualify to be an Arderin or a Vandeleur-Lynam, however, its prominence of 336 metres ranks it as a Marilyn.
5.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Devilsmother, Leenane
149 min walk • Devilsmother is a 645-metre-high mountain in Connemara, Ireland.
4.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Derryclare Lough, Recess
115 min walk • Derryclare Lough is a freshwater lake at the entrance of the Inagh Valley, in Connemara, Galway, in the west of Ireland.
3.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bencorr
99 min walk • Bencorr at 711 metres, is the 82nd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 102nd–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Bencorr is situated near the centre of the core massif of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in Galway, Ireland.
4.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Twelve Bens
108 min walk • The Twelve Bens or Twelve Pins, also called the Benna Beola is a mountain range of mostly sharp-peaked quartzite summits and ridges in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, in the west of Ireland.
1.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lough Inagh
46 min walk • Lough Inagh is a freshwater lake in the Inagh Valley, in Connemara, Galway, in the west of Ireland.